Bucket.



EDWIN H2 LEA, OF RICHMOND;i VIRGINIA:

BUCKET..-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Oct. 16,v 1906i* Application ledAugnst 15, 1905i SerialNo.274,327.

To will whom it may concern# Befit known that I, EDWIN H; IJEA,.acitizen f offthe United States, residinggat Richmond, in thecounty-ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented certainqnewanduseful Improvements Ain Buckets; and I ido herebyv declare-theffollowingto be a, full, clear, and

exact description lof. the invention, such lasv The object of theinvention is the provision of Ameans for facilitating the filling of arecep-m tacle with li uids.

Another o ject vof fthe invention is the provision of means carried bya.- receptacle,- pref-.- erably aswell-bucket, which will permit thelbucket to automatically reverse its position.4 as the same'. engagesthe-waterand is filled- Y i With these and other; objectsinview theinvention consists ofy certain other novel constructions, combinations,-and arrangements of parts,- as will be hereinafter fully described,

illustrated im the accompanying, drawings, and more particularly pointedout infthe.k

claims-.hereto appended.

tion, shown ina `position reverse to. that illustrated in Fig. `1, thebucketin position for engaging, the -liquid with its mouth kor) topdownward. Fig.l 3 is-aperspective View of. one of the guides .which aresecured to theside of thebucket; Fig. Llis a fragmentary perspectiveviewof the-bail, and Fig. 5 is a.

simi ar view of another embodiment. isa-fragmentary view insideelevation of the present invention.

Referringc to the drawings-by numerals, 1- designates Aa receptacle of-anysuitable strucsuitable means-as, for instance, staples 3'- toV thereceptacle, the, staples` 3.extending through langes.- or. lips4 4, Lof.v the guides Each guide is secured to the bucket atan an- Y gle toavertical plane for facilitatingthe re ,versing of the position -of thebucket when; it

engagesfthe water ina `well`or cistern, or, in

allow ofthe operation of the bucket therein.v Each of the `guides ispreferablyv formedk fact, any liquid which isof sufficient `depth tofrom a single piece ofmetal, said .guide beingfprovided with anelongated slotA 5 and with parallel sidesfand `ends Y6 and 7,respectively., The flangesorfastening-lips 4, eX-

tend` atsubstantially rightangles from the..

parallel ends7. Formedfat one end of the elongated slot and preferablynear the upperend of fthe guide 2arenotches8 8,A which yare engaged bya-f. longitudinallyfmovable bail 9, constitutingliftingmeans and throughwhich vthebail is inserted before the guards 2.'

'arefsecured upon: the-bncket-body-l.

, The body portion of the bail 9 may be ofanyr ordinary,` structure;but' I preferably form the endsof the bail with `a curved substanti allyright-angled portion.v l0, ternninat-` ingin a 1comparatively broad lorflat `down- The portion 11 which-constitutesa shoulder or flange upon.

wardlyfcurved portion l l;

the bail, extends at ,substantially rightY anlgles'to portion l0 and isproportioned for in lsertionwthrough the notches `8, as` above de.-

scribed. These shoulders or curved portions 10 of 'thebail 9 throw thebail away from the guides 2., and prevent it from rubbing on the Asidesof the bucket, as well as positively securing the same to the guides 2.Itis to be` notedthat the portions -9 and 11 of the bail,

gFig, 6, 4are approximately parallel, thereby4 In Fig. 5the,

Lforming, adouble right angle. 'bail 9a. is provided with a doublebutton 12,v which is .also employed in some instances instead offtheportion llvto prevent the bail coming out ofthe guides after it ispositioned within the slotted portions thereof.

devicevdepicted Fig. l. Fig. 7 is avertical.. sectional viewl of anotherembodiment -of` 'the q In operation the` bucket is lowered into thejwell in the inclined position. (Shown z in lFig. 2.) Owing :luid thebucketwill begin to pivotuponthe to the positioning ofI the guides uponthe sides ofthe bucket atan angle to a vertical zplane, assoon vasthe-,upper-k portion, Fig.; 2, of the bucket engages the liq-- IOOtravel longitudinally within the slots of they guides, and as liquidenters the bucket the same will be submerged in the liquid, and when thebucket is filled the bail will have traveled to the upper end of theguides, Fig. 1.

From practical experience I have found thaty the foregoing statementsare entirely correct and that a bucket when filling has a scoop action.It will always automatically reverse its position by reason of thepeculiar positioning of the guides or ears at an angle to a verticalplane, s'o that the bucket turns from its inverted position, Fig. 2, toits upright position, Fig. 1, when it is being filled with liquid. Thebucket may be withdrawn Without disturbing the liquid in the reservoiror well to any great eXtent, which is very de` sirable in the use of myinvention in shallow wells. The notches 8 are of advantage in that whenthe bucket lis being emptied the bail, constituting a handle, willbethereby prevented from szliding freely within the elon-` gated slottedportion of the guides or ears 2, and thereby spilling and slopping thecontents by the sudden andunexpected sliding of the bucket, the bucketbein retained upon the portions 10 and the notcIies 8 'as pivots untilnearly or quite empty. When the bail is in the lower end of the slot, asshown in Fig. 2, it may slide freely during and for fill ing.

By reason of the peculiar structure of my device the bucket is kept dryand clean. No freezing of liquids therein nor the depositing of foreignvsubstances can occur, as the same is normally in an inverted position,if it iskept hanging in the well, but no matter how slowly the bucket islowered into the water it automatically reverses its position as itfills and will not disturb the liquid in a well sufficiently to make itmuddy.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the receptacle or bucket 1a provided withlongitudinal grooves 13. The guides or ears 2a are formed from a singlepiece of material and are provided i with elongated slots or apertures5, similar to the guides 2. Any suitable fastening means as, forinstance, staples S-may be employed for securing the guides or ears tothe receptacle or bucket in the same manner as guides 2 are secured tothe receptacle 1. The uides or ears 2@L are therefore flat elongated sotted metallic members constitutin plates, which are secured against theside o1g the receptacle and which have their slots registering with thegrooves 13 of the receptacle or bucket.'

The bail 9 is positioned within the grooves 13 and the slotted portionsof the guides 2aL in the same manner as it is secured within the guidesor ears 2. Hooks 8a are secured near the top of the receptacle, so thatwhen the receptacle is filled with li uid and drawn to the top of thewell one o the hooks may be caused to engage a horizontal rod for thepur pose of dumping the receptacle." The lower flange or lip 4 of eachof the brackets is bent at 4a to form a hook which surrounds a portionof the lower'edge of the receptacle or bucket. This hooked structureproduces a durable device, as it not only materially assists in securingthe bracket to the receptacle, but also clamps the lower hoop uponthe'receptacle. It is tobe noted that, owing to the sending of thereceptacle or bucket down into the well in an inverted position, freshair is taken from the top and delivered at or near the water, andthereby purifying the air Iin the Well. f

What I claim is- Y 1. A device of the character described, comprising areceptacle, guiding means carried by said receptacle, and a bail orhandle engaging said guiding means and adapted to travel longitudinallythereof` 2. A device of the character described, comprising areceptacle, guiding means carried by said receptacle atan angle to avertical plane, and lifting means engaging said guiding means andadapted to travel longitudinally of the guiding means.

3. A device of the `character described, comprisingy a receptacle,guides provided with elongated slots carried by said receptacle, and amovable bail or-handle positioned within the slotted portion of saidguides.

4. A device of the character described comprising a receptacle, guidesprovided with elongated slots carried by said receptacle, at an angle toa vertical plane, and lifting means engaging the slotted portion of saidguides.

5. A device of the character described,A

said bail against longitudinal movement upon said guides until theguides are inverted.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, guidessecured to said receptacle in diametrically opposite positions, eachguide provided with an elongated, slotted portion and with notches ordetents formed at one -end of said slotted portion, and a bail or handlefreely movable within the slotted portions of said guides".

7. A device of the character described,

comprising a receptacle, guides carried by said receptacle at an angleto a vertical plane, each of said guides formed from a single piece ofmaterial, and being provided with an elongated, slotted portion and withparallel sides and ends, apertured lips extending from saidv ends,fastening means extending through the apertures of said lips and intosaid receptacle, and lifting means positioned within the slottedportions of said uides.

8. A device of t le character described,

IOO

comprising a receptacle, guides carried by said receptacle, a bailengaging said guide, said bail provided With an angular end portion,each angular end portion provided With a downwardly-extending broadenedend.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, guidescarried by said receptacle, a bail engaging said guides, said bailprovided With ends bent at substantially right angles and terminating inbroadened portions.

10. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle,elongated, slotted guides positioned at an angle upon said receptacle,and lifting means provided with broadened extensions at its ends,positioned Within the slotted guides.

11. A device of the character described, comprising -a receptacle,elongated, slotted guides carried at an angle upon said receptacle,freely-movable lifting means positioned Within the elongated, slottedportion of said guides, and means formed near one end of the slottedportions for preventing movement of said lifting means.

12. The combination With a receptacle, of guides carried by saidreceptacle, each guide formed from a single piece of material, and beingprovided With an elongated slot, and

lifting means engaging the slotted portion of said guides.

13. The combination with a receptacle, of a longitudinally-movable bailor handle carried by said receptacle, and means carried bysaidreceptacle for preventing longitudinal movement of said handle While thereceptacle is being tilted upon the bail.

14. The combination of a receptacle, of lifting means carried by saidreceptacle and capable of traveling longitudinally thereof, and meanscarried by said receptacle near the upper portion thereof for preventinglongituvdinal movement of said handle until the receptacle is inverted.

15. The combination With a receptacle, of a bodily-movable handlecarried by said receptacle and capable of traveling longitudinallythereof.

16. The combination With a receptacle, of guiding means formed at anangle on said receptacle, and longitudinal, movable lifting meansengaging said guiding means.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWIN H. LEA.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. MANOR, J. I. TAYLOR.

